Leontophoros was a famous ship built in Heraclea for Lysimachos; it was one of the largest wooden ships ever built. There exists a textual fragment by Memnon, the historian of Heraclea, describing the ship: There was one eight (octareme), which was called Leontophoros, remarkable for its size and beauty.

Leontophoros was a famous ship built for Lysimachos in Heraclea, one of the largest wooden ships ever built. There exists a fragment by Memnon, the historian of Heraclea, describing the ship: There was one eight (octareme), which was called Leontophoros, remarkable for its …

Leontophoros was a renowned ship built in Heraclea for Lysimachos; it stood as one of the largest wooden ships ever constructed. A textual fragment by Memnon, the historian of Heraclea, describes the ship: "There was an octareme, called Leontophoros, remarkable for …

GIANT HELLENISTIC GALLEYS (HYPER-GALLEYS) Leontophoros (Leontophorus), property of Lysimachus, King of Thrace, offered to Ptolemy II. It was probably the largest monorama ever built.

An exceptionally large "eight", the Leontophoros, is recorded by Memnon of Heraclea to have been built by Lysimachus (r. 306–281 BC), one of the Diadochi. It was richly decorated, required 1,600 rowers (8 files of 100 per side) and could support 1,200 marines.

Leontophoros was said to be able to carry an entire “Army”. It was said she was eventually lost in a storm. This Ancient Greek Warship was said to have been the largest ship ever built during The Hellenistic Period. Although nothing of her exists, several me …

The largest ships, like Lysimachus’s Leontophoros “eight,” or Ptolemy II’s “twenties” and “thirty,” were likely built as self-propelled siege platforms on which were stationed large pieces of siege machinery like siege towers.

Leontophoros was a famous ship built in Heraclea for Lysimachos; it was one of the largest wooden ships ever built. There exists a textual fragment by Memnon, the historian of Heraclea, describing the ship: There was one eight (octareme), which was called Leontophoros, remarkable for its size and beauty.

Oct 13, 2014 · El barco de guerra diseñado y construido por Ptolomeo Philopator en torno al 210 A.C. es una de las mayores construcciones de guerra en madera de la Edad Antigua. Conocido como Leontophoros, fue heredado por su hijo Ptolomeo Kerauno, quien luego sería rey de Macedonia, originalmente fue construido para Lysimacos en Heraclea.

Oct 19, 2018 · Lysimachus of Thessaly (c.355-281 BC), answered Demetrius with the Leontophoros, a superheavy galley capable of carrying 1,200 fighting men on its deck in addition to the rowers and other crewmen. Later on, Demetrius’s son, Antigonus Gonatas, outdid Lysimachus with an even larger vessel.